Center for Biological Diversity – Petition to list the Cherry Point population of Pacific herring

January 21, 2004 – Center for Biological Diversity – Petition to list the Cherry Point population of Pacific herring, Clupea pallasi, as “threatened” or “endangered” under the Endangered Species Act, 16 U.S.C. § 1531 et seq.

In 2004, several biological and environmental groups petitioned the National Marine Fisheries Services to list the Cherry Point population of Pacific herring as threatened or endangered under the ESA. While recognizing Cherry Point herring declines, NMSA concluded that neither a threatened or endangered listing status was warranted based on its determination that Cherry Point herring is not separate and distinct from, but rather part of the previously defined Georgia Basin population segment comprised of herring from both Puget Sound and the Strait of Georgia, which, as a whole, is not in danger of extinction. The petition cites that a major contributing factor to the decline of Cherry Point herring is noise pollution from marine vessels.

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